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Silence. An eerie, sudden hush fell upon Hohokam Stadium on Friday afternoon in Mesa, Ariz. Clayton Kershaw, the National League’s reigning MVP and Cy Young winner, had stabbed with his glove at a broken-bat comebacker and missed, the Andy Parrino drive hitting him on the lower left side of the face as he collapsed in front of the mound. Trainers, coaches, teammates all rushed to his side as their franchise player sat on the edge of the mound dirt. Everyone in the stadium seemed afraid to take a breath. But after being examined by head trainer Stan Conte, the left-hander remained in the game, finished the inning and actually threw two more in the Dodgers’ 3-2 loss to...

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